LitWatch August: Gain writing wisdom at Willamette Writers Conference
August 2, 2022
Other literary events feature authors Carey Wong, Brittney Corrigan, Casey Parks, and tunes on a beloved Eugene piano.
Other literary events feature authors Carey Wong, Brittney Corrigan, Casey Parks, and tunes on a beloved Eugene piano.
July heats up with a revisionist anthology reconsidering “Sex and the Single Girl” and a panel discussion of Oregon author Ursula K. Le Guin.
The company presents new dances from Andrea Parson and Yoshito Sakuraba, plus a 2004 re-staging from Sarah Slipper.
The Bend poet and author of Oregon Book Award-nominated “spare change” says the most essential quality for a writer is perseverance.
Summer is on the way, with authors discussing hikes and Central Oregon day trips, and an outdoor workshop will show participants how nature can help inspire writing.
The multi-genre literary artist talks about process, perspectives, and her hybrid poetry work, “Instrument.”
Broadway Books throws a party, a traveling bookstore stops in Portland, and writers Karl Marlantes, Shawn Levy, Emily St. John Mandel, and Peter Rock talk books.
Jennifer Gwirtz’s new full-length dance, at Performance Works Northwest through May 1, explores feminist Jewish themes through a universal lens.
The calendar holds multiple readings by book award finalists, and an exploration of the question: Do bookstores matter?
The Hillsboro-based writer talks about her work, her love of Sylvia Plath, and Indigenizing the tarot deck.
The Portland choreographer talks contemporary ballet, long-winded titles, supporting the arts, ballet’s glass ceiling for women artistic leaders, and her newest work.
The Portland author will discuss her Victorian tale of necromancy Tuesday in a virtual event presented by Powell’s Books.
This year’s Soapstone Bread and Roses Award recipient discusses hosting successful reading series and life on the Oregon Coast.
This month brings a feminist book club, a look back at the Rajneeshees, plenty of author readings, and Oregon Book Award finalists
Strongwoman Tera “Supernova” Zarra and fire dancer/aerialist Alicia Cutaia talk about circus arts and Clowns Without Borders.
February brings us the love poems of Pablo Neruda, a celebration of Black History Month, and numerous virtual readings.
Virtual readings, author conversations, a workshop for beating writer’s block, and a Merry Prankster book release fill the new year’s calendar.
Looking back at the authors we lost and the bookish events that cheered us this year.
The Portland poet sees his classroom role as more coach than teacher: “I am very good at pumping people up, listening, and helping them execute their vision…. I’m not hitting people with maxims to live by.”
Joan Didion, acclaimed writer revered for her captivating prose and era-specific essays, both outlined and shaped a nation. Amy Leona Havin says goodbye to a personal hero.
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